Journal-lubricator.



PATENTED 001. 6, 1903.

LJ. BUSENBENZ & E. LARGE. JOURNAL. LUBRIGATGR.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 10, 1903.

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Io. v ioseej UNITED STATES Patented October-'6, 1903.

PATENT O FICE.

JACOB J. BUSENBENZ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ,AND EMIL LANGE, OF DAV- ENPORT, IOWA, ASSIGNORS TO FRANK M. UTT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AND RAILWAY JOURNAL LUBRICATING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

JOURNAL-LUBRICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 740,525, dated October 6, 1903.

Application filed Jannaryl 0, I903. Serial No. 138.560. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that we, JACOB J. BUSENBENZ, residing at,Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and EMIL LANGE, residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, citizens of the'United States, have invented anew and useful Improvement in .Iournal-Lubricators, of which the followingv is a specification.

Our invention relates particularly to journal-lubricators employing a wheel or roller for applying lubricant to the journal; and our primary object is to provide a simple and efficient lubricator which may be used in con- I5 nection with the ordinary journal-box of a car or in similar situations, provision being made for self-adjusting movement of the oilcarrying rollers to compensate for relative movement between the journal and journalbox. 7 i

The invention may be applied advantageously to journals or shaft-bearin gs in many situations.

For purposes of illustration the accompanying drawings show the improvement applied to a car journal-box; but the invention is not to be considered as limited in its application to cars.

In the drawings, Figure 1 representsa lougitudinal sectional view of a car journal-box equipped with our improved journal-lubricator; Fig. 2, a transverse section taken as in dicated at line 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a plan view of the lubricator; Fig 4, a side elevational view thereof; and Fig. 5, a sectional View of an oil-carrying roller, taken as indicated at line 5 of Fig. 4. i

A description of the preferred construction is as follows: A represents a journal-box of 4 common form and having the usual oil-cavity a; B, a journal supporting said journalbox through the medium of the usual brass B and wedge 13*, and C our improved journal-lubricator inserted in the cavity aben eath the journal.

The improved device C comprises in the preferred construction'a rectangular baseframe b; standards I), rising from the four corners thereof; springs Z9 encircling the standards; longitudinal (of the journal) bars b arranged on edge to move in slotsin the upper ends of the standards, being yieldingly supported on the springs; transverse pivoted cradles or roller-supports b, and rollers 6 autifrictionally journaled on the members 6 The base 1) comprises horizontally-disposed longitudinal members arranged flatwiseand transverse members having their end portions lapping upon and fixedly secured to the end portions of the longitudinal members. The standards are secured at the lapped points, as shown. The bars I) are provided with studs b which engage the standards and prevent longitudinal shifting of the bars. The outer ends of the bars project some dis tance beyond the outer standards, afiording handles by which the device may be removed. Each barpreferably is provided at its top edge with three bearings 6 the bearings of the two bars comprising-three sets, with the members of each set directly opposite each other. Each member b comprises twoside members if, curved edgewise and having their ends bent laterally toward each other, and pins or studs b securing said end portions together and projecting to afford trunnions or pivots, which rest in the bearings b The members b are spaced and rigidly joined by shouldered rivets b The rollers are preferably formed of cup-shaped stampings placed back to back and riveted together and having oppositely-turned hub portions 0, into which are forced ball cups or races 0'. Each roller is supported on a short shaft 0 having angular ends fitting into correspondingly-shaped centrally-located sockets 1OI'YIBCGSSBS at the upper edges of the side members b7. Each shaft has an integrally-formed cone 0 an adjustable cone 0*, and a lock-nut 0 "The cones are shaped to leave the cups open and the balls 0 exposed openly to the oil. This is essential, for the reason that cars nowrun at such speed that an oiling-roller cannot be employed except by providing for 'it a properly-arranged antifriction-bearing.

Of course the size of the roller is'limited by the depth of theoil-cavity or waste-cavity.

It will be understood that our construction permits the use of a stable frame and springs of substantial length, the curvature in the members 27 still permitting the rollers to lie beneath the journal. Moreover,the pivotal rollersupports permit the rollers to adjust themselves to perfect lineal contact with the journal, while the springs provide for uniform pressure upon the journal regardless of wear. Two rollers may be arranged, as shown, or one-roller may be supported at the central bearings b Each roller preferably has a circumferential groove, as shown.

It will be understood that the construction and arrangement of the standards and springs may be varied and that other changes in details of construction within the spirit of our invention .may be made. Hence no undue limitation is to be understood from the foregoing detailed description.

What we regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

1. A journal-lubricator, comprising a suitable frame, standards on said frame, springsupported bars slidingly connected with said standards, a transverse roller-support pivotally supported on said bars, and a roller jour- 'naled centrally on said support, for the purpose set forth.

2. A journal-lubricator having a transverse roller-support provided with shaft-sockets, a shaft having its ends fitted into said sockets and equipped between its ends with cones, a roller encircling said shaft and equipped with ball-cups, and openly-exposed balls confined between said cones and cups, for the purpose set forth.

3. A journal-lubricator comprising a rectangular base-frame provided at its four corners with standards, bars slidable longitudinally of said standards, springs supporting said bars, a downwardly-bowed transverse roller-support pivoted on said bars and having separated side members, a shaft fixed at its ends to the central portion of said rollersupport, and a roller antifrictionally journaled on said shaft, for the purpose set forth.

4. Ajonrnal-lubricator,comprisingaframe having four slotted standards, two longitudinal bars slidable vertically within the slots of JACOB J. BUSENBENZ. EMIL LANGE.

Witnesses as to signature of Jacob J. Busenbenz:

A. O. KITTLESON, L. HEISLAR. Witnesses as to signature of Emil Lange:

F. O. KROGER, ADOLPH PINSTER. 

